MARXIST-POSTGRUNGE

The song was originally titled "On Our Way Home". Ian MacDonald suggested that the lyrics (e.g.: "you and I have memories/longer than the road that stretches out ahead" or "you and me chasing paper/getting nowhere") sounded like McCartney was probably addressing Lennon and contractual troubles. “You Never Give Me Your Money", a McCartney composition on Abbey Road, also refers to the Beatles' contract with Allen Klein as "funny paper".

a couple of their takes, as i remember them (veronica please add anything im forgetting, once you listen)

- madison square garden was her taste all along (claire: and therefore this is an authentic expression of taylor swift ashley: yeah i know but that sucks)

- it was a curated disney world experience of eg an awards show put on for the guests, hence why so many random celebrities (i buy this and more or less see the vision)

- she works (for now) with travis because he has allowed and encouraged her to “win,” which has a culture in sports but no analog in the arts, especially in music (this is a really good and interesting insight but i don’t think it explains as much about the wedding)

some thoughts i have:

- no one can imagine a taylor swift who is historically contingent, which is to say, truly she could have had anything in the world, but she chose instead to marry some guy, and he has at least some preferences or ways of being in the world. has no one considered that taylor chose to be married at madison square garden because it’s a place her man has heard of?

- my initial thought was that this whole thing must have felt to gaylors like “eat the cake” felt to the hive, not that it’s the first time lol, but let me elaborate because i know you’re the audience that remembers and understands. when drunk in love came out and everyone was like :/ but like maybe she doesn’t know?? maybe it’s all on him? then like the first time they performed it live she did that line herself?? (not the topic of this wedding but don’t forget to remember that when that horrible man’s ass is finally drug up on his own diddy trial). anyway basically just rubbing it in the face of her weakest and longest suffering fans

- so is that why karlie was there? when i first heard she was there i had to google it because i thought i misheard. and i’ve googled it a couple of times since to make sure.

- here’s where i disagree with the girls: i don’t think eg blake and margaret weren’t there because of their relationship with taylor. in particular this piece of information does make me think maybe there’s a part of the joke that hasn’t dropped yet. however also if i was either of them i would not want to go!

- which— the star of the show, the margaret qualley jack antonoff separation?? one other thing clashley has said several times i think is that margaret qualley’s public persona is entirely governed by her insecurity about lena dunham. and like HELLO?? i’m sooo happy for lena dunham. in love, looks amazing, book taken seriously, and the skinny girl is suffering. she earned this!!. but also good for margaret, taking the moment. if she gets a gf right now she’ll really have one over on taylor.

- atulya shared the old malcolm harris m/j post (“is she really going to have to slouch like that next to him for her whole life” 💀) and she was like do you think they saw this? and 1. absolutely jack antonoff saw this malcolm harris post and 2. but this is obviously about lena dunham at taylor swift’s wedding . however i told her not to post that, these people invented having shooters